I Had To Share This Beautiful Love Story
The New York Times has a great weekly column called Modern Love that let’s readers share their love stories with the world. They are all interesting to read because they truly reflect that everyone’s love is slightly different. All the variables of two people in the world meeting, getting together, and falling in love that are impossible to quantify. Reading this column truly reinforces that love can happen in many ways from the unexpected to the seemingly mundane.
One particular story stood out for me. A truly beautiful, simple love story called, “The Race Grows Sweeter Near Its Final Lap”. For me, it really illustrates the joy of being in a relationship and how it really is the little moments in life that can be the most romantic and rewarding. This passage in particular stood out:
“OLD LOVE is different. In our 70s and 80s, we had been through enough of life’s ups and downs to know who we were, and we had learned to compromise. We knew something about death because we had seen loved ones die. The finish line was drawing closer. Why not have one last blossoming of the heart?
I was no longer so pretty, but I was not so neurotic either. I had survived loss and mistakes and ill-considered decisions; if this relationship failed, I’d survive that too. And unlike other men I’d been with, Sam was a grown-up, unafraid of intimacy, who joyfully explored what life had to offer. We followed our hearts and gambled, and for a few years we had a bit of heaven on earth.”
Here is a link Modern Love, enjoy!
I read the whole article. A beautiful story and so nicely written. :)
This was so pure, and beautiful. I can’t help but smile now that I have read it.
That’s amazing beautiful :) I wish both of them good luck <3 Thanks for Sharing
Roohie
This is beyond words. It is so beautiful to read how two people can enjoy their time together to such a degree. I’m overwhelmed by feelings at the simplistic beauty of this. Thankyou so much for sharing this Matthew and once again showing us all that age doesn’t matter when it comes to true love.
Xx
Great find, Matthew! Thank you for sharing!
I think that a lot of people have this idea that being “old” means we are no longer able to appreciate life and explore new depths and experiences. This is a nice little reminder that we don’t “die” when we turn 60, but can choose to continue to see the beauty and nuances in love, and everything else.
Hope your 2013 is going well! :)
Kat
She is so strong and powerful, which makes her so beautiful! I hope I can be like her when I am in my 70s, 80s, 90s! Who cares how old I am, but how much ups and downs I have experienced and overcome – yet still able to love and beloved! – Thanks for sharing!
That’s very sweet. I certainly hope I and every other woman who reads this, finds there little bit of heaven on earth!
if i had just one wish, i would ask for a true love like this. Thanks Matthew :)
Aaaaaaaaaaand I’m crying. So beautiful. Thanks Matt for sharing! xx
You’re welcome, Erin! Thanks for commenting. x